Project title: Zara center
Nablus – Palestine
A multistory building lies to the south of Rafidia street in Nablus city , this building consist of seven stories , and described as commercial building.
This graduation project deals with the following main topics:
1) Selection of foundation type.
2) Geotechnical and structural design of footing alternatives based on actual geotechnical conditions and existing architectural design.
3) Discussion and conclusion of different alternatives for foundation types.
This project starts with giving literature review about soil which describe as the base of structure and footing and then description to the project soil type , and provides information about geotechnical site investigation related to the soil , then provides the loads affecting on the footings , and also show footings calculations, later discussion to the results and recommendations about the project footings.